The first table below looks at the demand for Firewall skills in IT jobs advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Middlesex region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firewall
Rank 27 43 31
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -12
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 29 15 44
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 5.566% 3.012% 6.259%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.18% 11.72% 24.31%
Number of salaries quoted 24 11 42
Average salary £43,750 £30,000 £43,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+45.83% -30.23%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £30,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £88,500 £50,000 £61,350
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-3.75% +6.66%
All Communications & Networking
Middlesex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
191 128 181
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 36.66% 25.70% 25.75%
Number of salaries quoted 119 108 135
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Firewall
South East

Firewall
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Firewall across the Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Middlesex Firewall Jobs Demand Trend

Firewall
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Firewall across the Middlesex region.

Middlesex Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firewall across the Middlesex region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Middlesex Firewall Salary Histogram

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex region citing Firewall also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Firewall.

1 36 (67.92%) Cisco
2 29 (54.72%) CheckPoint
3 26 (49.06%) Cisco Certification
4 23 (43.40%) Wireless
4 23 (43.40%) Cisco ASA
5 21 (39.62%) CCNP
6 20 (37.74%) WAN
7 17 (32.08%) VPN
7 17 (32.08%) Cisco Nexus
8 15 (28.30%) ITIL
8 15 (28.30%) Linux
8 15 (28.30%) CCNA
9 13 (24.53%) VMware
10 12 (22.64%) Juniper
10 12 (22.64%) UNIX
10 12 (22.64%) LAN
10 12 (22.64%) F5
11 11 (20.75%) TCP/IP
11 11 (20.75%) Active Directory
11 11 (20.75%) Network Design
12 9 (16.98%) MPLS
13 8 (15.09%) BGP
13 8 (15.09%) Project Management
13 8 (15.09%) Microsoft
13 8 (15.09%) Oracle
13 8 (15.09%) FWSM
14 7 (13.21%) VMware Infrastructure
14 7 (13.21%) Clustering
14 7 (13.21%) CCSA
14 7 (13.21%) Problem Management

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex region citing Firewall also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Firewall. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (3.774%) ASP
1 2 (3.774%) XML
Application Platforms
1 5 (9.434%) Apache
2 3 (5.660%) MS Exchange
3 2 (3.774%) IIS
3 2 (3.774%) Lync
3 2 (3.774%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (1.887%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 2 (3.774%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 23 (43.40%) Wireless
1 23 (43.40%) Cisco ASA
2 20 (37.74%) WAN
3 17 (32.08%) VPN
3 17 (32.08%) Cisco Nexus
4 12 (22.64%) LAN
5 11 (20.75%) TCP/IP
6 9 (16.98%) MPLS
7 8 (15.09%) BGP
7 8 (15.09%) FWSM
8 7 (13.21%) Cisco PIX
9 6 (11.32%) Internet
9 6 (11.32%) DNS
10 5 (9.434%) FTP
10 5 (9.434%) SSL
10 5 (9.434%) SAN
10 5 (9.434%) SSH
11 4 (7.547%) Intranet
11 4 (7.547%) BIG-IP
12 3 (5.660%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.32%) MySQL
2 3 (5.660%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.887%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 2 (3.774%) AppScan
General
1 3 (5.660%) Back Office
2 2 (3.774%) Telecoms
2 2 (3.774%) Finance
2 2 (3.774%) Law
2 2 (3.774%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.887%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (30.19%) Administrator
2 10 (18.87%) Consultant
3 9 (16.98%) Network Engineer
4 8 (15.09%) Network Consultant
5 7 (13.21%) Cisco Network Consultant
5 7 (13.21%) Systems Administrator
5 7 (13.21%) Infrastructure Manager
5 7 (13.21%) Network Administrator
5 7 (13.21%) Cisco Consultant
6 5 (9.434%) Linux Systems Administrator
6 5 (9.434%) Linux Administrator
7 4 (7.547%) Senior Network Engineer
8 3 (5.660%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (5.660%) Data Centre Manager
8 3 (5.660%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (3.774%) Solutions Architect
9 2 (3.774%) Security Consultant
9 2 (3.774%) IT Security Consultant
9 2 (3.774%) Security Analyst
9 2 (3.774%) Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.21%) Clustering
2 5 (9.434%) Digital Media
3 4 (7.547%) Replication
4 3 (5.660%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.887%) Mobile Payment
5 1 (1.887%) EMV
5 1 (1.887%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 15 (28.30%) Linux
2 12 (22.64%) UNIX
3 6 (11.32%) Windows
3 6 (11.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (5.660%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (3.774%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (1.887%) CentOS
6 1 (1.887%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (28.30%) ITIL
2 11 (20.75%) Network Design
3 8 (15.09%) Project Management
4 7 (13.21%) Problem Management
5 5 (9.434%) Service Management
6 4 (7.547%) SIEM
7 3 (5.660%) Service Delivery
8 2 (3.774%) Migration
8 2 (3.774%) Data Security
8 2 (3.774%) Security Management
8 2 (3.774%) Business Continuity
8 2 (3.774%) Penetration Testing
8 2 (3.774%) Load Balancing
8 2 (3.774%) Root Cause Analysis
8 2 (3.774%) Vulnerability Management
9 1 (1.887%) Change Control
9 1 (1.887%) Security Architecture
9 1 (1.887%) E-Commerce
9 1 (1.887%) Security Testing
9 1 (1.887%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.434%) PHP
2 2 (3.774%) SQL
2 2 (3.774%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 26 (49.06%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (39.62%) CCNP
3 15 (28.30%) CCNA
4 7 (13.21%) CCSA
5 5 (9.434%) RHCE
5 5 (9.434%) LPIC
5 5 (9.434%) RHCA
6 4 (7.547%) CCSE
7 3 (5.660%) CISSP
7 3 (5.660%) CCSP
8 2 (3.774%) CCIE
8 2 (3.774%) PCI QSA
9 1 (1.887%) MCSE
9 1 (1.887%) MCSA
9 1 (1.887%) CCDP
9 1 (1.887%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.887%) A+ Certification
9 1 (1.887%) Degree
9 1 (1.887%) CEH
9 1 (1.887%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.547%) SLA
2 2 (3.774%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.887%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (20.75%) Active Directory
2 7 (13.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (9.434%) qmail
3 5 (9.434%) Postfix
3 5 (9.434%) Sendmail
4 4 (7.547%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (3.774%) Hyper-V
5 2 (3.774%) XenApp
6 1 (1.887%) vSphere
6 1 (1.887%) Nmap
Systems Management
1 2 (3.774%) Nessus
1 2 (3.774%) CiscoWorks
1 2 (3.774%) SolarWinds Orion
2 1 (1.887%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 36 (67.92%) Cisco
2 29 (54.72%) CheckPoint
3 13 (24.53%) VMware
4 12 (22.64%) Juniper
4 12 (22.64%) F5
5 8 (15.09%) Microsoft
5 8 (15.09%) Oracle
6 6 (11.32%) Red Hat
6 6 (11.32%) Nokia
7 5 (9.434%) Rackspace
8 4 (7.547%) Citrix
9 3 (5.660%) HP
10 2 (3.774%) Tripwire
10 2 (3.774%) Qualys
10 2 (3.774%) Fortinet
10 2 (3.774%) Avaya
10 2 (3.774%) IBM
10 2 (3.774%) SolarWinds
11 1 (1.887%) ArcSight
11 1 (1.887%) Symantec
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